diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f9a96c3fe00e72f381dfa5fb85b1767e0bc105e1..c46947e1dfc3b0486e05c93b8346b5b9ca4080a6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ stages:
 
 variables:
   IMAGE_TAG: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+  DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker:2375
+  DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
 
 cache:
   key: ${CI_PROJECT_ID}